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    The novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald details the character’s quest for materialism and how they each become engulfed by the obsession for more‚ consequently leading to their desensitization to the meaningful aspects of life. Daisy’s lust to further her elite social status led her to choose her husband for wealth rather than love which was ultimately the catalyst to her world coming undone. Myrtle fantasized about an alternate reality that consisted of lavish material items that

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    his downfall from power and his death. Gatsby had a false sense of belief that he would be able to turn back time and simply restart his life‚ with Daisy. Gatsby fails to notice the bridge between social classes that is blocking him form Daisy. A factor in the social difference between Gatsby and the Buchanan’s‚ Gatsby has made his money through illegal means whereas families in East area are heritage rich families. These problems experienced by Jay Gatsby‚ give insight to advantages and disadvantages

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    the American Dream The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ portrays a society of high social standings‚ immense wealth‚ and love. This can be classified as the American Dream. If an individual is determined‚ that individual has a reasonable chance and holds the hope for acquiring wealth‚ and the happiness and freedoms that go with it. In essence‚ the American Dream gives the chance to gain personal fulfillment‚ materially and spiritually. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts

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    April 22‚ 2013 Lit. Paper The Practical “Princess” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ one of the main characters‚ Daisy Buchanan is perceived to be a very practical person. When describing someone as being "practical" it means that they are being realistic. This means a person makes sensible decisions and choices‚ especially the types of decisions and choices that you have to make every day.This person has a level head and can weigh out the options without being consumed

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    individuals in The Great Gatsby‚ as well as those of the Jazz Age who thought their economy was prospering and strong. Though Gatsby may be mysterious‚ Fitzgerald’s style may be disillusioned‚ the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg may be god-like and awe-inspiring‚ and Daisy’s love for Gatsby may seem “possible‚” each is a catalyst for the transpiration of illusion in the individual’s attempt in finding reality. One of the more prominent examples of illusion seen as reality in The Great Gatsby is when Jay

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    Wealth‚ Love‚ and the American Dream It has been said that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is about the pursuit of the American dream. It has also been said that the novel is about love‚ ambition‚ and obsession. Perhaps both are true. Combined‚ these themes may be understood in their most basic forms among the relationships within the novel. After all‚ each character’s reason for belonging to a relationship speaks very strongly of what really makes him tick; each character’s manifestation

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    This book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ written by F Scott. Fitzgerald in 1925‚ is a novel dedicated to the inhabitants of wealth‚ power‚ and social status. It was mainly about this astonishingly wealthy man known as Jay Gatsby who dreamed of revitalizing the love that was once present between him and Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald has written this story as a connection to his past life to show that acquiring the American Dream is not always accessible. Throughout the story‚ the author has embedded many symbolic

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    The film relied most heavily upon pathos‚ from the aforementioned story of his son’s accident and recovery to the masterful use of graphics. Pathos is the appeal that lives up to the truism that a picture is worth a thousand words. The past and present photographs were very effective showing the diminished or vanishing ice caps‚ ice bergs‚ lakes‚ river beds.  The film’s end suggesting that we can reserve the trend of global warming also relied on pathos as it flashed

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    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a novel set in the 1920’s when “gin was the national drink and sex was the national obsession.” The Jazz age‚ as some may call the ‘20’s‚ was right after the years of World War One. The novel begins with Nick Carraway telling his audience of some advice about not criticizing others his father had given him when he was younger. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one‚ just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had”

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    The narrator of the story‚ Nick Carraway‚ has just returned from war and goes east to work. In flashbacks he reveals the story of Jay Gatsby‚ his next-door neighbor. The nine chapters develop around seven parties interspersed with flashbacks. Nick meets Jordan Baker‚ Daisy’s friend from Louisville‚ who reveals that Tom is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson‚ the wife of a garage owner in the Valley of Ashes. Nick is shocked at the lack of morality in every level. At the second party‚ Tom introduces

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